Wide area bonjour for mac

I know this is not an exclusive forum for "bonjour for macbook" but I could not find any category explicitly catering issues with this so I thought this could be the place to ask my query.
So here is my problem.
To enable wide area bonjour on my laptops I have configured my own local dns sever by following details on this document http://www.dns-sd.org/ServerSetup.html and then configured my clients i.e. laptops by following http://www.dns-sd.org/ClientSetup.html page.

I'm trying to do the same thing and found a couple helpful threads and links.
http://blog.inig-services.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/WAB.pdf
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5959986
Unfortunately, following the above PDF guide, one key step fails. After enabling bonjour registrations using the serveradmin settings command and restarting DNS, I can see that the dnsextd proxy fails to start:
dnsextd starting
main: setrlimit - Invalid argument
Using default file descriptor resource limit
startedvialaunchd
ConnectToServer: connect - Socket is not connected
ConnectToServer: retrying connection
I verified via netstat -na that BIND is listening on 5030 and I can use nslookup to run queries against it. There appears to be no good reason why dnsextd can't connect to it @ 127.0.0.1#5030 as far as I can tell.
Is this feature broken in the latest Snow Leopard Server 10.6 release?

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Wide - Area Bonjour / Back to my Mac: Simple Setup Discussion | Tutorial

Looking to start a new thread for SIMPLE setup of wide-area bonjour / Back to my Mac setup across multiple geo locations
Objectives
1. develop tutorial/instructions for mainstream setup of WAB across multiple greographcal locations
2. Goal is for complete discovery in Leopard Finder of each computer setup across seperate locations
3. Ability to file share/browse file structure of each local and remote computer
4. Ability to use Screen Sharing across geographical locations to control/observe remote computers (alternatively use Apple Remote Desktop app)
5. Appropriate listing of services in Bonjour Browser (local and global)
6. (Wide) Access to airport disk
7. Consistency. Many solution like back to my mac solo sometimes work sometimes does not depending on unidentifiable variables (across reboots with no material change)
Setup
1. Multiple LAN (local area networks) in different geographical locations (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3,...)
2. Dynamic IP setup from ISP in each geographic locations (cable / DSL)
3. Airport Extreme router in each location (perhaps later we can explore UPNP and other routers which complicate setup)
Tools
1. Leopard running on all machines
2. Use of .mac (dot mac) account allowing for "back to my mac", xxxx.members.mac.com setup
3. Bonjour preference Pane, with setup of Hostname, Registration and Browsing panes
http://www.dns-sd.org/ClientSetup.html
4. Bonjour Browser
http://www.tildesoft.com/Programs.html
5. Finder
To show remote and local LAN computers in SHARED in left browsing pane
6. Dyn DNS service line zoneedit or dyndns, if necessary
7. Airport Configuration - Wide area bonjour -> config of Advanced/Bonjour ; Hostname, Domain, Name, Password
Restrictions
1. No Leopard Server
2. no direct configuration of a DNS server. No line edits. Use of third party services (non paying if possible) if necessary but rather avoid detailed editing of server setup and maintenance. The idea is to create a fairly simple setup for individual/family/small business/SOHO across work/family/home environment not IT professional setup

I have been trying on my own to achieve this, and although I am an advanced user I am not a Programmer/Developer. Sadly I have been utterly unsuccessful. It would be so wonderful if the proposed step-by-step guide would come to fruition...

CUPS queues don't work with Wide Area Bonjour

I'm completely flummoxed!
My school board is installing new switches in all our schools, and moving from a single flat VLAN to multiple - one for printers, one for server, one for client workstations. Printing queues advertised with Bonjour worked fine on the old network, but multiple VLANs breaks all that since Bonjour is in the unrouteable multicast range (which makes sense, since it's not meant to work outside of the local network). I have old Tiger servers at the schools, running on hardware that doesn't do VLANs (old G4 towers), so advertising queues with Bonjour using the school server can't get me by.
I've set up BIND (DNS) to show my CUPS IPP print queues from a central Lion workstation (elemprtsrv01.example.com) in the school's subnet (10.159.40.0/22; academic-wrd.scd.example.com) as follows (my domain substituted with example.com for anonymity) - the relevant section snipped from the rest of the zone file:
$ORIGIN academic-wrd.scd.example.com.
; Wide Area Bonjour Browsing
b._dns-sd._udp                    IN PTR          @
lb._dns-sd._udp                    IN PTR          @
db._dns-sd._udp                    IN PTR          @
; Wide Area Bonjour Printing
SCD-234-Q._printer._tcp          IN          SRV          0          0 631          elemprtsrv01.example.com.
_printer._tcp                                         IN PTR          SCD-234-Q._printer._tcp
_cups._sub._ipp._tcp                     IN PTR          SCD-234-Q._printer._tcp
_ipp._tcp                                                   IN PTR          SCD-234-Q._printer._tcp
_universal._sub._ipp._tcp           IN PTR          SCD-234-Q._printer._tcp
SCD-234-Q._printer._tcp          IN TXT ( "txtvers=1" "qtotal=1" "rp=printers/SCD234Q" "note=2nd Floor Workroom" "ty=Xerox WorkCentre 5755, EXAMPLE Student 2.2" "product=(EXAMPLE-22STUD-XeroxWC5775)" "printer-state=3" "printer-type=0x80B0F6" "Transparent=T" "Binary=T" "Fax=F" "Punch=T" "Bind=F" "Sort=T" "Scan=F" "Duplex=T" "Staple=T" "Copies=T" "Collate=T" "Color=F" "pdl=application/pdf,application/postscript,application/octet-stream,image/jpeg ,image/png" )
The relevant section of the /etc/cupsd.conf file on elemprtsrv01 (10.100.1.73) looks like this:
ServerAlias elemprtsrv01.example.com
ServerAlias printerserver.academic-wrd.scd.example.com
MaxLogSize 20m
MaxCopies 100
LogLevel debug2
SystemGroup admin
SystemGroupAuthKey system.print.admin
# Allow remote access
#Port 631
Listen 10.100.1.73:631
Listen 127.0.0.1:631
Browsing On
BrowseOrder deny,allow
BrowseRemoteProtocols cups
BrowseLocalProtocols cups dnssd
DefaultEncryption Never
DefaultAuthType Basic
WebInterface Yes
BrowseWebIF No
MaxClients 1000
RootCertDuration 300
<Location />
# Allow remote access...
Order deny,allow
Allow all
AuthType None
</Location>
<Location /rss>
Order deny,allow
Allow all
</Location>
<Location /printers>
Order deny,allow
Allow all
AuthType None
Encryption Never
</Location>
<Location /jobs>
Order deny,allow
Allow all
AuthType None
Encryption Never
</Location>
If I use Bonjour Browser on the print server network and on the school's academic-wrd.scd.example.com subnet, I see identical info to that provided by my DNS records - in other words, Wide Area Bonjour (WAB) appears to be working and providing the necessary details.
When I try to add a printer on a school workstation, the WAB printer appears...though the PPD ("(EXAMPLE-22STUD-XeroxWC5775)" should match SCD234Q.ppd from the server queue) doesn't get imported from the server and I get a Generic Printer Description instead. When I try to print on the client, I see promising notes about connecting to the print server, but then it always pauses the queue. Here's the relevant section from /etc/cups/ppd/SCD234Q.ppd:
*Manufacturer: "Xerox"
*ModelName: "Xerox WorkCentre 5775"
*ShortNickName: "Xerox WorkCentre 5775"
*NickName: "Xerox WorkCentre 5755, EXAMPLE Student 2.2"
*PCFileName: "XRWC5775EXAMPLESTUD22.PPD"
*Product: "(EXAMPLE-22STUD-XeroxWC5775)"
*PSVersion: "(3010.106) 3000"
In the CUPS error log, I get this annoying encryption error, which no else appears to have had, according to the usual search engines:
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] cupsdAcceptClient(lis=0x7fc585200470(13)) Clients=0
D [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] cupsdAcceptClient: 20 from 10.159.40.174:631 (IPv4)
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] cupsdAddSelect(fd=20, read_cb=0x102d74b81, write_cb=0x0, data=0x7fc584034400)
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] cupsdReadClient(con=0x7fc584034400(20)) con->http.error=0 con->http.used=0, con->http.state=0 con->data_encoding=HTTP_ENCODE_LENGTH, con->data_remaining=0, con->file=-1
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] cupsdReadClient: Saw first byte 02, auto-negotiating SSL/TLS session...
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] encrypt_client(con=0x7fc584034400(20))
D [04/Jan/2012:21:47:41 -0500] get_cdsa_certificate: Looking for certs for "elemprtsrv01.example.com"...
E [04/Jan/2012:21:47:51 -0500] Unable to encrypt connection from 10.159.40.174 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)
D [04/Jan/2012:21:47:51 -0500] cupsdCloseClient: 20
D [04/Jan/2012:21:47:51 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Not busy", busy="Not busy"
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:51 -0500] cupsdRemoveSelect(fd=20)
d [04/Jan/2012:21:47:51 -0500] cupsdCheckJobs: 0 active jobs, sleeping=0, reload=0
OK, so here's the annoying bit: if I manually configure the queue on a Snow Leopard (or higher) client by going into System Preferences, adding an IP printer with IPP protocol (elemprtsrv01.example.com, queue name /printers/SCD234Q) then it works. With Leopard or Tiger, the PPD doesn't load from the server, and the generic PPD is substituted automatically.
If I manually add "ServerName elemprtsrv01.example.com" to /etc/cups/client.conf on the client machine, then it shows all the server queues and magically works too - even on Leopard and Tiger.
The problem is that I DON'T want to have all the server queues appearing on every workstation, since it'll cause mahem when the students discover all the queues and print to other schools for kicks. WAB was supposed to solve that for me by advertising only the queues that were meant to be accessed by that subnet (they'd all be there on the server, but only a real techie would know how to access them, since they weren't advertised).
Why don't the WAB queues work? Why do I get an encryption error with them?
How do I get the server's PPD to download automatically to the client? (this is especially useful for printers with customized PPDs set up with the proper settings for that printer...and for the Xerox copiers that are using accounting codes present in the server's PPD)
Any help would be very much appreciated!

Figured it out...stick with Lion (Client or Server) and use the web interface to add printers and customize the /etc/cups.conf file. If you use either System Preferences or the Print config in Server Admin on earlier versions of Mac OS X Server, you'll bugger up your cups.conf file (top part of which is reproduced here):
ServerAlias *
LogLevel debug2
SystemGroup admin
SystemGroupAuthKey system.print.admin
# Allow remote access
Port 631
Listen elemprtsrv01.example.com
Listen /private/var/run/cupsd
Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseRemoteProtocols CUPS
BrowseAddress @LOCAL
BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS dnssd lpr
DefaultAuthType Basic
WebInterface Yes
<Location />
# Allow remote access...
Order allow,deny
Allow all
</Location>
<Location /rss>
Order allow,deny
Allow all
</Location>
<Location /classes>
Order allow,deny
Allow all
</Location>
<Location /printers>
Order allow,deny
Allow all
</Location>
<Location /admin>
</Location>
The key is to allow anything as a server name (ServerAlias *) and Allow All for / and /printers (though / by itself should be enough). If you want to listen for LPR (port 515) then I think it needs to be listed in BrowseLocalProtocols - it's not a valid option for BrowseRemoteProtocols.
On the Wide Area Bonjour front, I created TWO different entries for each printer in my domain, because otherwise the queues would appear and instantly disappear in the Tiger browser - Tiger only shows the LPR queue. The queue name is preceded by "printers/" in the IPP queue, but not with the LPR queue. Here's an example from the top of my BIND student zone file:
$ORIGIN academic-wrd.scd.example.com.
; Wide Area Bonjour Browsing
b._dns-sd._udp                    IN PTR          @
lb._dns-sd._udp                    IN PTR          @
db._dns-sd._udp                    IN PTR          @
; Wide Area Bonjour Printing
SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032LPR\032Q._printer._tcp          IN          SRV          0          0 515          elemprtsrv01.example.com.
_printer._tcp                                         IN PTR          SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032LPR\032Q._printer._tcp
SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032LPR\032Q._printer._tcp          IN TXT ( "txtvers=1" "qtotal=1" "rp=SCD234Q" "note=2nd Floor Workroom" "Transparent=T" "Binary=T" "Fax=F" "Punch=3" "Bind=F" "Sort=T" "Scan=F" "Duplex=T" "Staple=T" "Copies=T" "Collate=T" "Color=F" "pdl=application/postscript" )
SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp          IN          SRV          0          0 631          elemprtsrv01.example.com.
_ipp._tcp                                                   IN PTR          SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp
_cups._sub._ipp._tcp                     IN PTR          SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp
_universal._sub._ipp._tcp           IN PTR          SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp
SCD-234\0322nd\032Floor\032Copier\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp          IN TXT ( "txtvers=1" "qtotal=1" "rp=printers/SCD234Q" "note=2nd Floor Workroom" "ty=Xerox WorkCentre 5755 Student 2.2" "product=(Xerox WorkCentre 5775 Student22)" "printer-state=3" "printer-type=0x80B0F6" "Transparent=T" "Binary=T" "Fax=F" "Punch=3" "Bind=F" "Sort=T" "Scan=F" "Duplex=T" "Staple=T" "Copies=T" "Collate=T" "Color=F" "pdl=application/pdf,application/postscript,application/octet-stream,image/jpeg ,image/png" "URF=W8,SRGB24,CP1,RS600" )
;SCD-236\032Office\032LPR\032Q._printer._tcp          IN          SRV          0          0 515          elemprtsrv01.example.com.
;_printer._tcp                                         IN PTR          SCD-236\032Office\032LPR\032Q._printer._tcp
;SCD-236\032Office\032LPR\032Q._printer._tcp          IN TXT ( "txtvers=1" "qtotal=1" "rp=SCD236Q" "note=Main Office" "Transparent=F" "Binary=F" "Fax=F" "Punch=0" "Bind=F" "Sort=F" "Scan=F" "Duplex=F" "Staple=F" "Copies=T" "Collate=T" "Color=F" "pdl=application/postscript" )
;SCD-236\032Office\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp          IN          SRV          0          0 631          elemprtsrv01.example.com.
;_ipp._tcp                                                   IN PTR          SCD-236\032Office\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp
;_cups._sub._ipp._tcp                     IN PTR          SCD-236\032Office\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp
;_universal._sub._ipp._tcp           IN PTR          SCD-236\032Office\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp
;SCD-236\032Office\032IPP\032Q._ipp._tcp          IN TXT ( "txtvers=1" "qtotal=1" "rp=printers/SCD236Q" "note=Main Office" "ty=Lexmark T520" "product=(Lexmark T520 SCD)" "printer-state=3" "printer-type=0x8090C6" "Transparent=F" "Binary=F" "Fax=F" "Punch=0" "Bind=F" "Sort=F" "Scan=F" "Duplex=F" "Staple=F" "Copies=T" "Collate=T" "Color=F" "pdl=application/pdf,application/postscript,application/octet-stream,image/jpeg ,image/png" "URF=W8,SRGB24,CP1,RS600" )
Note that the second queue is commented-out in the student zone file because it's the office queue and I didn't want it to appear in student workstation queue browsers. I customized the PPDs for these printers and thus changed the "product=" part of the TXT record to match the name in the altered PPD's "*PRODUCT:" line so that it wouldn't match with an already-installed PPD.
The above zone file generates two different queues (IPP and LPR) for each printer on Leopard and higher queue browsers, but only one queue (LPR) on Tiger. We're still supporting Tiger and even the odd Mac OS 9 client (no browsing, but they can do a manual LPR queue). Windows does both or you can manually add the IPP queue (add a new network printer using the URL "http://elemprtsrv01.example.com:631/printers/SCD234Q" and make sure you're using the PostScript driver for the printer, or you'll get garbage). iOS devices browse for _universal._sub._ipp._tcp records and you need to add the URF= field in the TXT record or the queue won't show up...and add a file /usr/share/cups/mime/airprint.types with the single line "image/urf urf (0,UNIRAST<00>)".
All my users from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X to Windows can now print using a central print server that magically shows up in the print browser...yay!

How to setup Wide Area Bonjour across multiple Subnets?

Hi Gents,
It's been painful trying to get this up and i feel i am almost there, but can seem to complete the last bit
I have this network i am helping to manage
OS X Lion Server running
     DNS
     RADIUS
     Open Directory
So the wifi network is in a seperate subsnet from the LAN on which the Mac Server is connected to which posses the problem of Bonjour not routed between the two subnets. So i decided to enable Wide-Area bonjour browsing and create a Service record for afp share folders. So i have got to the point where it's coming up on devices on the seperate subnet under the network icon, however when i try to connect to the service it just says connection failed. Authentication is occuring because if i use wrong credentials it doesn't attempt to connect.
I believe it might be the way i am defining TXT. I have little experience here, any assistance would be appreciated
This is the configruation in DNS Settings on Server Admin
Service Name: Work\03****\03\you
Service Type: _afpovertcp._tcp.
Host: work.damnyou.org.
Port: 548
Priority: 1
Weigth: 0
TXT: "path=PUBLIC/"
Anytime i attempt to connect, it just says Connection Failed
Thanks,
DeeBeeMac

DeeBeeMac,
Did you get things working good for you? I also have a wired VLAN and a WiFi VLAN that I have a implementation with Aruba network for my WiFi, they have an option called airgroup and printers seem to come and go.   I really don't want to use the Aerohive solution, so I was thinking of a Mac mini with an interface on both VLANS.   Do you need to setup anything to get os x to announce services it see's on both networks?   I also tried avahi and turned on reflector, however it seems spotty as well.

Wide-Area Bonjour error in the logs

I took a look at the logs, and noticed the following line repeated MANY times:
Apr 11 11:59:53 Severity:3 Wide-Area Bonjour error for "TC.mymobilemename.members.mac.com." (-65537).
futher down, I see this:
Apr 11 12:00:01 Severity:3 Wide-Area Bonjour error for "Wireless\032Capsule.smb.tcp.mymobilemename.members.mac.com." (-65537).
Apr 11 12:00:01 Severity:3 Wide-Area Bonjour error for "Wireless\032Capsule.adisk.tcp.mymobilemename.members.mac.com." (-65537).
Apr 11 12:00:01 Severity:3 Wide-Area Bonjour error for "Wireless\032Capsule.afpovertcp.tcp.mymobilemename.members.mac.com." (-65537).
I removed my real mobile me name and replaced it with mymobilemename.
What is this error? Yes, I have entered my Mobile Me credentials into the Time Capsule, and obviously this is related to that.
I can't ever seem to hit my TC when I am outside my home network, so clearly it's related.
I am running the latest updates of the Airport Utility and the latest firmware on the device.
How to do fix this?
thanks.

I have same error and don't know what to do.
Thanks

How to use wide-area Bonjour?

My understanding of Wide-Area Bonjour is that I can access Bonjour services while outside the local network. So for example while at the office I would think I could access the iPhoto library of a computer at home, at least that's what it seems to me.
Am I right? If so, how is this used? I can find no instructions.

I'm interested in this as well; documentation is minimal. Please post back here if you learn anything...
I was hoping to see support for DynDNS or similar, but no...

Leopard Wide-Area Bonjour DNS Issue

Hi, all. Got an issue with Leopard's domain name resolver. A while back, I was experimenting with the "use dynamic global hostname" panel in Sharing. I wasn't able to get it to do anything useful (and I don't want help with that; I know what went wrong, and how to fix it, but haven't gotten to do so yet), but here's the thing - after returning the settings to the defaults (unchecking the "use dynamic global hostname" box), it seems to have left something behind in my system configuration.
In particular, when I run "scutil --dns", I see the following two entries in addition to my normal DNS server and the "local" Bonjour resolver (domain names censored):
resolver #3
domain : bonjour.mydomain.com.
options : pdns
timeout : 5
order : 150000
resolver #4
domain : mydomain.com.
options : pdns
timeout : 5
order : 150200
The type of these is "pdns" - "private DNS", or wide-area Bonjour. They look harmless - but the fact that they're there is somehow preventing my machine from being able to resolve any hostname in "mydomain.com" that is a CNAME.
I can get rid of them temporarily by running scutil and removing the key "State:/Network/PrivateDNS" from the database... and then name resolution works normally again. But a reboot, or a change in Bonjour settings (such as enabling or disabling "Back to My Mac"), causes them to come back. I can't figure out how to purge them from the actual system configuration database. Any suggestions?

Here's the fix. Open Keychain Utility in the Utilities folder and choose "System" in the Keychains list in the sidebar. Now you'll probably see two entries of type "DNS Key" with the names "bonjour.mydomain.com" and "mydomain.com". Just delete those Keychain items and you should be back to normal.

Wide-Area Bonjour / Dynamic Global Hostname

Hello everyone
I have a very specific problem, My AEBS is not sending UPDATE requests to my own DNS server when my DSL IP address changes over time.
I have my own DNS server and run a dynamic zone with TSIG aututhentication.
If I configure the "Dynamic global hostname" on my Macs behind my AEBS acting as a NAT gateway, they will register themselves withe the correctly natted address.
In fact, this is amazing and works very well:
sftp-ssh.tcp.dyn.secret.domain domain name pointer MacPro.sftp-ssh.tcp.dyn.secret.domain.
smb.tcp.dyn.secret.domain domain name pointer MacPro.smb.tcp.dyn.secret.domain.
ssh.tcp.dyn.secret.domain domain name pointer MacPro.ssh.tcp.dyn.secret.domain.
macpro.dyn.secret.domain has address xx.yy.169.96
But my AEBS itelf has an older address:
airport.tcp.dyn.secret.domain domain name pointer Airport.airport.tcp.dyn.secret.domain.
smb.tcp.dyn.secret.domain domain name pointer Airport.smb.tcp.dyn.secret.domain.
airport.dyn.secret.domain has address xx.yy.177.175
I can force the update by restarting my AEBS, but this is not a good workaround.
Has anyone else experience running a wide-area bonjour DNS server?
Thanks

Hi Patrick,
I suggest you bring this up on the bonjour-dev[1] mailing list. You're much more likely to reach people with the right knowledge there.
Andrew
[1] http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bonjour-dev

Wide area bonjour - windows dns

Hi,
I have been trying to setup wide area bonjour using ms dns server for serveral days and come up against a dead end. In most examples on the internet BIND is used as the DNS server and all configuration is shown for BIND (except one PDF "www.grouplogic.com/Knowledge/PDFUpload/.../WanBonjour_1.pdf" which has examples for MS dns but it doesnt work).
So I have managed to configure the MS dns server as far as advertising available services but when I try to resolve a service it fails. I think its a problem with the srv record but have tried so many different configurations for this record I have lost count. config below.
Has any one set this up? could really do with a good example of it working on windows dns.

thanks for the quick reply AndrewTJ - I did notice the typo after posting and corrected however the problems remains. below is the contents of my up.com.dns file - i can see nothing out of place but cannot get a resolution
; Database file up.com.dns for up.com zone.
;      Zone version: 22
@                       IN SOA dns1.up.com. hostmaster.up.com. (
                         22           ; serial number
                         900          ; refresh
                         600          ; retry
                         86400        ; expire
                         3600       ) ; default TTL
; Zone NS records
@                       NS dns1.up.com.
; Zone records
_http._tcp.up.com.              PTR website._http._tcp.up.com.
website._http._tcp.up.com.      TXT ( "txt path=/" )
                         SRV 0 0 80 dns1.up.com.
_services._dns-sd._udp.up.com. PTR _http._tcp.up.com.
b._dns-sd._udp.up.com.          PTR @
lb._dns-sd._udp.up.com.         PTR @
dns1.up.com.                    A 192.168.1.153
Any ideas?

Wide Area Bonjour and making it *NOT* use a NAT

Does anyone know if there's a way to stop Wide Area Bonjour from using the NAT gateway when it detects it's on a private network? This seems to be the default behavior and I wondered if it was possible to disable it.

Well for what it's worth, I moved my network onto 192.0.2.X which is a section of IP addresses reserved for testing - so while not strictly private (though they never appear on the Internet) it means that Bonjour doesnt try to use the NAT.
Can we say hack?

VPN + DNS-Enabler + Wide Area Bonjour = no success

Hi,
what I am trying to do is broadcast the bonjour services of my home network such as file sharing, iTunes home-sharing and the like through my VPN connection. Since I am not too savvy with networking related topics I bought "DNS Enabler Snow" since it advertises to provide wide area bonjour with a minimum of setup hassle.
Now I am only getting so far that I can see my machine at home through VPN under "Network" in OS X. But I cannot connect. It always says "Connection Failed". Neither can I see my home iTunes library.
In the "Domains" section of DNS Enabler I entered:
Domain Name: <my DynDNS Domain>
Primary DNS Server: <my DynDNS Domain>
Host Name: <my DynDNS Domain>
IP address: <the local IP address of the machine running DNS Enabler>
In the bonjour section of DNS Enabler I entered:
Service Type: afpovertcp.tcp
Service Name: File Sharing
Host: <my DynDNS Domain>
Port: 584
TXT: path=/
Can anyone hint me at what might be wrong with this configuration?
Thank you!
Florian

I think the problem with the current setup is the use of the DynDNS hostname for the AFP service's hostname. When you're connected via the VPN you are effectively on the same network and so connection's attempted to the external-IP recorded by the DynDNS hostname will fail as it's not possible to loop back (for want of a better description) through the router. If you add a new A-record to the zone that points to the machines internal IP address and then change the service to point to the new record it should work via the VPN.
iTunes sharing won't work via this method as iTunes will only register and browse for services in the ".local" domain. The ".local" domain (a top-level domain like ".com") is only available via multicast-DNS. Multicast traffic as a general rule is not carried over a VPN (or the internet for that matter) as due to it's broadcast nature it can quickly clog up and cripple a network.
Hamachi unlike most VPN solutions presents itself as a virtual network interface that can carry multicast traffic which is why iTunes sharing works over a Hamachi connection. A cursory Google search tells me that multicast traffic can be carried over a OpenVPN connection with some additional configuration - your mileage might vary though.
Wide-Area Bonjour works by adding an additional domain to the system that software can then use for registering and browsing services. Unlike regular Bonjour, Wide-Area Bonjour works over the internet as it's based on traditional unicast DNS with a few extensions for updating records in realtime and NAT-PMP or uPNP (one or the other is in pretty much every router) for automatically setting up port-forwarding. If NAT-PMP or uPNP is not available, services can still be browsed but can not be registered (only services that can accessed via the internet are advertised); it's for this reason that Wide-Area Bonjour won't work properly in concert with a VPN. Whilst most OS X software is written to just register and browse in whatever domains are available there are some like iTunes that only register in the ".local" domain.
You can find out more detailed information about these topics at http://multicastdns.org/ and http://dns-sd.org/. I'm happy to answer any further questions you might have either here or via email. If my Wide-Area Bonjour service sounds like a good fit for you, please drop me a note and I'll let you know when I open-up the service to new users again (slated for mid-March).

What updates are available for Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30)?

What updates are available for Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30)?

Before embarking on a major OS upgrade, it would be wise, advisable and very prudent if you backup your current system to an external connected and Mac formatted Flash drive OR externally connected USB, Thunderbolt or FireWire 800, Mac formatted hard drive. Then, use either OS X Time Machine app to backup your entire system to the external drive OR purchase, install and use a data cloning app, like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, to make an exact and bootable copy (clone) of your entire Mac's internal hard drive. This step is really needed in case something goes wrong with the install of the new OS or you simply do not like the new OS, you have a very easy way/procedure to return your Mac to its former working state.
Then, determine if your Mac meets ALL minimum system install requirements.
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard system requirements
Purchased Installer disc here.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
To install Snow Leopard for the first time, you must have a Mac with:
An Intel processor
An internal or external DVD drive, or DVD or CD Sharing
At least 1 GB of RAM (additional RAM is recommended)
A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
At least 5 GB of disk space available, or 7 GB of disk space if you install the developer tools
Installing and updating OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to OS X 10.6.8 gives your Mac access to the Mac App Store where you can decide which version of OS X to upgrade to, again, if you desire.
OS X Lion system requirements
Purchased emailed download code here.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
To use Lion, make sure your computer has the following:
An Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
Mac OS X v10.6.6 or later to install via the Mac App Store (v10.6.8 recommended)
7 GB of available disk space
2 GB of RAM
To install OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or OS X 10.10 Yosemite.you need one of these Macs:
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion purchased emailed download code here.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac also needs:
OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 already installed
2 GB or more of memory (I strongly advise, at least, 4 GBs of RAM or more)
8 GB or more of available space.
Your year and model Mac can take a total of 6 GBs of RAM, max..
I strongly suggest you install the max. RAM your Mac can take.
Correct, compatible and reliable Mac RAM can ONLY be purchased from online RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
OWC is the only source for the 6 GB RAM kit.
Next,
If you run any older Mac software from the earlier PowerPC Macs, then none of this software will work with the newer OS X versions (10.7 and onward). OS X Snow Leopard had a magical and invisible PowerPC emulation application, called Rosetta, that worked seamlessly in the background that still allowed older PowerPC coded software to still operate in a Intel CPU Mac.
The use of Rosetta ended with OS X Snow Leopard as the Rosetta application was licensed to Apple, from a software company called Transitive, which got bought out, I believe, by IBM and Appe could no longer secure their rights to continue to use Rosetta in later versions of OS X.
So, you would need to check to see if you have software on your Mac that maybe older than, say, 2006 or older.
Also, check for app compatibilty here.
http://roaringapps.com/
If you have any commercial antivirus installed and/or hard drive cleaning apps installed on your Mac, like MacKeeper, CleanMyMac, TuneUpMyMac, MacCleanse, etc. now would be a good time to completely uninstall this apps by doing a Google search to learn how to properly uninstall these types of apps.
These types of apps will only cause your Mac issues later after the install of the new OS X version and you will have to completely uninstall these types of apps later.
Once you have determined all of this, you should be able to find the latest versions of OS X by clicking on the Mac App Store icon in the OS X Dock and then login to the Mac App Store using your Apple ID and password and using the appropriate download codes need
You can then begin the download and installation process of installing your desired versions of OS X from the Mac App Store.

I have installed OS Maverick 10.9 and now find titles are included for mac mail addressees. That is, I get Dr John Brown instead of John Brown. That did not happen before. How do I suppress the title?

I have installed OS Mavericks 10.9 and now find that Mac Mail includes titles for addressees. Thus, it shows 'Dr John Brown' instead of 'John Brown'. I have had the same problem with suffixes with earlier versions and solved that by deleting all suffixes from my address book. I don't want to have to do that for titles. How can I keep the titles in my address book but have them not show for Mac Mail addressess?

I have the opposite problem, Barry ... now only the eMail address shows ... no name at all, even though I type it in!

Bonjour for Mac Not Recognizing Printers

I am using a NETGEAR router and a NETGEAR Wireless Extender. I have repeatedly tried to set up two printers wirelessly. Bonjour seems to work very sporadically. It will recognize the printers for a while, then after about an hour or so, they are not listed under Bonjour. Very frustrating, and I'd appreciate any help.

Is it just an extender, or is it a full router?
One way to tell is if it has the ability to provide DHCP services, such as assigning IP addresses. If it has a configuration option for setting up DHCP, then it is capable of being a router. If it is in Router mode it will block Bonjour traffic between devices talking to the other Router and those talking to this router.
You want just one active router in your home, and that one active router is responsible for DHCP services.
Another way, would be to make sure you are talking to the extender, and then using the Bonjour Browser. If you can see items that are connected to the other Netgear device, then the extender is not blocking Bonjour traffic, and if it is not blocking Bonjour traffic, it cannot be in Router mode.
If you Option-Click on the WiFi icon on your Mac menu bar, you will see the BSSID for the WiFi device you are talking to. Since you have 2 WiFi devices they will each have their own unique BSSID numbers. With some experimentation, you should be able to figure out which BSSID belongs to the Netgear Router and which belongs to the extender. That is one way to know which device you are currently talking to and then verify you are seeing Bonjour traffic from devices attached to the Netgear router. And traffic going the other way.

Need Help Setting Up Wide Area Bonjour

The subject says it all.
Please assume I am a newbie.
I need step by step procedure.
Do I need a registered domain?
Is there a web page with simple instructions.
I want to be able to share files with family across the web - so they can download full resolution photos etc. I want to host these locally as there are many photos and it is not practical to put them on a server.
I have tried setting up ftp on my computer and cannot access it from outside my LAN - previous question on this has not come up with any answers.
Please help

I don't think there is an all encompassing single source or information for you to go to. There are too many variables and choices for any one solution.
Unless you have a static IP number from your ISP, your IP address will change on occasion. Your guests won't be able to find your machine without knowing what your IP number is. I get around this by using the service at dyndns.com. The service is free and you can get a domain name that doesn't change. You run a program on your machine that updates the ip number for your server automatically (there are a couple of consumer level routers that provide for this kind of service and you don't have to run a program on your computer).
You will need to have an FTP server program running. You can probably do it with the OS, but I never bothered to figure out how. I just use a program named Crushftp which is a standalone FTP server with a fairly simple setup and full controls over users and groups. Ben at CrushFTP has pretty good support and keeps his software up to date.
In addition, you will need to setup port forwarding in your router. Almost every router used in the home environment has a NAT firewall that blocks incoming connections on most ports. FTP uses port 21 TCP and the service or port must be forwarded to the Lan IP number of the machine that's hosting the FTP server.
There are several skills you will need to learn to make this all come together and work right. You will need to install a couple of programs, learn to setup your router, create user accounts and passwords on your FTP server, and then teach your users how to use an FTP client program like YummyFTP. The machine that runs the FTP server will need to be running 24/7 so that it can answer users when required.
Or, just use a hosting service for this kind of activity, like .Mac - give them the $100 a year, unload your pictures, build a couple of web pages that are based on their fairly simple templates, and get on with using your Mac. Using a solution like this means you only have to learn how to use one service, and you don't have to dedicate a machine for the task. You will still have to read their help menu's and understand the system, but you don't have to setup, maintain, and backup the server.

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